a.war in Asia arose form ambitions of Japan, whose rise to world power was quick

i.defeated China and Russia and took over Germany’s eastern and Pacific colonies in WWI

1933

a.1933: Japanese Empire included Korea, Formosa, etc.

i.earl 1930s: Japan was experiencing severe internal tensions

1.population (30à80 million)

a.ability to sustain these people was form industrial goods and textiles

i.in 1930s, when West put tariff barriers to protect economies, Japan had economic/ political downfall

Japan slow

a.Japan also saw slow growth of political democracy with universal male suffrage in 1924 and come up of mass political parties until economic crisis

i.right wing patriotic socieeities allied selves with army and navy to push expansion at expense of China and Soviet Union, while navy wanted to mae Japan self-sufficient in raw materials by conquering British Malaya and Dutch East Indies

1935

a.1935: constructed modern naval fleet and armed forces influenced government

b.Japanse Goals in East Asia

i.Sept 1931, Japanese soldiers seized Manchuria (resourceful)à protoestsà condemnation by League of Nationsà Japan withdraws from League and consolidates hold on Manchuria and renames it Manchukuo and expands control into North China